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Germany, Third Reich Army dagger, Damascus steel blade with maker's name, 'Alcoso / AC / S / Solingen', Army Infantry eagle crossguard, orange coloured cast plastic material grip, oak leaf decorated pommel, metal scabbard with oak leaf decorated bands, with suspension strap and portepee attached. Reverse of scabbard rusty, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Germany, Prussian Army bugle, manufacturer G.Eschenbach, Berlin, 1915. With numerous dents, some verdigris, good.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Germany, Ex Servicemans Association, Committee badge with suspender bar, in gilt and enamel. Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
New Zealand, Boer War sweetheart brooch with ZAR half pond 1896 in centre; another, WWI brooch of a rifle in gold (9ct, 2.5gm) with coloured stones mounted on rifle sling. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $350
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Australia, Dept. of Navy work overalls patch, Perth bookmark in silver and enamel; Great Britain, silver prize medals (4), one soccer, two boxing and one general type, one of the boxing medals marked H.B.G. / 1931 with open wreath of thistle below; Viner & Hall / Sheffield (GVIR) silver and enamel crest; Church Lads' Brigade hat badge in bronze, sew on type; Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897, hand made voided fob in silver; also an Italian Velocipedistica cycling award medal in silver; total of over three ounces of silver. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Cut-out soldier, canvas over padding on board backing, painted in uniform with Sergeant Major's badges and Royal NSW Regt shoulder patch, wearing slouch hat, head to above knees (approx 106cm x 54cm). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Field glasses, late 19th century, French, marked 'Jumelle Marine' (marine binoculars). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Officer's telescope, brass, extendable type, worn on pouch belt, c1880. Small glass missing from back, very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $30
Turkey, World War I, Turkish Prisoner of War, handcrafted bead snake. Broken at lower part of tail, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
World, Australian Light Horse Brigade belt buckle (modern cast issue); China, a variety of Mao Zedong badges, small - large (11); Germany, Third Reich, General Assault Badge (repro), Army tri colour shield badge, hat cockade and wreath; Japan, Red Cross Medal, no suspender but on short chain; Tonga, Royal Tongan Medal of Merit miniature medals (3, one gilt, two bronze), no ribbons; WWII Free French Pacific badge, reverse, 'Andor / 06 Le Cannet', silvered bronze; also, tin of Australian WWII buttons and a Bell's Wax Vesta tin. Good - extremely fine. (47)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Army magazine, 1997-1999 (20); Kapyong Kronicle, annual journal of 3RAR (Para) Bn, 1991-1994, 1996 (5); Fourays, journal of Australian Army Aviation Assn, 1996; Reveille, magazine of RSL (NSW), 1999-2005 (40); Airborne Quarterly, magazine of American Airborne Assn, 2007-2008 (5). Mostly extremely fine. (71)
Estimate $100
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Army, Navy and Air Force News, official Australia Defence Force newspapers, 2001-2010, various issues, also other ADF publications. Extremely fine. (689)
Estimate $150
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Aurora, ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Club journal, 1995-2005 (37 issues), includes The P.G.Law 90th Birthday Celebration issue; The National Geographic magazine, May 1936, January 1937, July 1937. Cover loose on May 1936 issue, spines on last three torn, otherwise very fine, the rest extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $50
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Australian military, shooting competition literature, book, Shooting Awards and Prize Medals to Australian Military Forces 1860-2000 by John O'Connor, 186pp + 49pp of images (396 medal and badge illustrations), A4 size, no.239 of limited first edition of 500; Military Marksman, journal of Australian Army Rifle Assn (12 copies, some multiples); Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM) books, 1999, 2000; programme books for annual championships of NSW, WA, SA, and Nth Qld Rifle Assns, 2000/2001; Australian Service Rifle Assn (ASRA) programme book for 1999, another book of the ASRA constitution; Army Journal, 1971. The first as new, very fine - uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Decorations and Medals, to Australian Armed Forces, wall chart (640mm x 990mm); Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces WWII, wall chart (810mm x 1165mm), both charts laminated with each medal and patch illustrated with details. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Defence of Mafeking, 47-page foolscap Roll of the Bar 'Defence of Mafeking' on the Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1902, by Dr F.K.Mitchell, Cape Town, 1952, listing approx 1,400 officers and men of Imperial and Colonial units and includes other bars awarded, out of print. Foxing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Murray, P.L. Lieut-Colonel (Ed)., Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Arica, Melbourne, reprint, hardbound, 607pps.
Estimate $200
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New Zealand, World War I, small photograph album containing twenty three photographs taken in Palestine including NZ Mounted Rifles; Turkish prisoners captured at Amman; 4th Waikato graves at Ayun Karu; pontoon crossing Jordon river. Fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
O'Connor, John, Australian Airborne, The History and Insignia of Australian Military Parachuting, 440pp, A4 size hard cover, 356 colour images of insignia, badges and medals and dozens of b&w and colour photos throughout, Sydney, 2005; Simpson, Harold B., Audie Murphy, American Soldier, 466pp, A4 size hardcover, b&w photos throughout, Dallas, Texas, 1982. The first as new, the second with foxing otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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O&MRS, Orders and Medals Research Society, journals, 1981-2001 (105) and 25 Year Index 1973-1997. Mostly extremely fine. (106)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Sabretache, journal of Military History Society of Australia, 1997-2011 (55), Index Book 1958-2001; Despatch, journal of NSW Military Historical Society, 1985-1991 (7); Miltary Collectors Club of Canada journals, 1989-1991 (4); The Medal Collector UK issues 6-10, 1988-89 (5); Military Medal Society of South Africa journal nos 33, 34, 1990-92 (2); other research and book catalogues (7); Orders & Medals auction by Buckland, Dix & Wood, 12 June 1991. Very fine - extremely fine. (82)
Estimate $100
Passed in
War Decorations & Medals, set of ninety cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; French WWI postcards featuring Pantheon de la Guerre (statue of Victory) (2, unused); No.1 Victory Flag Garland, one yard of 7 flags on thread with original wrapper intact, features original Australian flag design with red field on one side and British flag of the Union Jack on other side; original WWI Victory Medal receipt card named to 41167 Cpl R.Walter, RFA; Dept of Repatriation (Australia) papers re R.J.Harvey applying for assistance to train as a blacksmith (1919) and then to purchase the Saddle & Bridle business (1920). Very fine. (set + 4 + papers)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Wartime, official magazine of the Australian War Memorial, 1997-2007, issues 1-37 inclusive, high quality, colour magazine with historical articles and photos, mostly from the AWM archives. Extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Wings, official journal of the RAAF Assn, 1999-2009 (40), other Defence publications and updates (4). Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (44)
Estimate $80
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